Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-06-29
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l anu tiiG uiNit ! tbSCfkt inc aEtpD pi lSitIl
 ed and prominent, and presumably wise
 men, the more firmly am convinced
 that the highest type of Wisdom ever
 masquerades in the motley of Folly,
 and that the best writers on Mental
 Science and Political Economy are
 Charles Gldtrey Leland and Josh
 Billings President Cleveland never read
 "Josh Billings Had he done so he
 would have grappled to his memory
 with hooks oi steel ihiS bt Of homely,
 priceless wisdom "The tune tu St,
 hen Is when the hen IS reddy tu set
 The president, Tn the matter of the
 captured bai,le-fisgs, has been guilty of
 the useless folly of trying to make ,he
 hen "sel' when her mind IS far away
 on the paUsey bed, and cool, forbidden
 scratching places n the kitchen gar l den, while she regards the nest with
 only forge,iul indferece develops suc-
 cessively into hesitation. reluctance,
 protes,atlon, aversion, peremptoy refusal
 and riotous outbreaking and obstinate
 rebellion.
 Nobody was Sa)ng anything abou, these batlle-iilgs. Now and then a
 company of union veterans, making ]
 reunion pilgrimage to some old battle
 se!d, carrying with them, in glow of
 good fellowship and fraternal feeling, ] nag captured by them long ago from 1 thelr friends the enemy, and now being hospltably entertained by him, crowned the reunion of old-time friends and f6es by returning the flg to the hands tha, first unfurled and then so bravely defend ed Il. II the veterans wish to do this no
 man will say nay In fact, t was ra,hsr pleasant thing for the boys to do when their hearts promdt them 10 to Il. They captured the flag: |, IS theirrigh,
 to. .do with them as they will
 But here comes q man who never cap- tured flag, who never saw q rebel flag
 until long after il had been captured |:
 who abode nigh onto the Canada bor- der when he had every opportunity 10 5 a-sunning for bauie-hasS; he hears the Contented mOnologue ut the hen who IS toraging through the strawberry bed and occasionally Gi.id!ns the spoils with ihe weak. though much oftener with ,he strong, and mistakes it for reckless ''cIuck' of hen moved by promptirgs of the maternal instinct tO brood over a whole nest full of the unsearchable pos abilities whose fruitful harvest may, good wOj, dominate the electric barn. yard. He sad "I vii go into this obl terstion and reconciliation business | as q jobber; I will take that up that l l laid no, down, will gather where 1 | have not strawed, and reap where dld | sow l will weather these flag re,urners and cross the line ahead of the whole Sect by clean maJoriIy'
 Alas Tor the man who would set non-"setuDs hen, or, finding a willing one, setteth her upon dragons teeth.
 That hen wasn't ready to set, and the mistaken president has crumpled his men, overheated himself, impaired his dignity, filled the ar with dust and bafnyard into wild commotlon, and the hen which he sought to ''se,' IS perched high on the reel ot the old Grant reaper, winch has been under ;he shed since I865. where she makes the farm ring with her violent protest Even If she Was haif ready to set, President CIeve- land isn't the man t0 ''set" her He hasn', been with her long enough Somehow, she seems to rOos, too high every time he comes around the barnyard. If she had seen more of him now, say when she was about twenty-five years younger. Il might have been different
 Any man old enough to be president ought to be oli enough 10 see when 2 hen warts to set \ hen IS such fool she reminds me Of men. And even q president IS bu, man See, now l have a quarrel with my brother. with whom l have lived pleasantly enough ever since our father died. away back in ITO We fight long tune, bu; al last ''hck him, take away hiS marbles and make him come back into the house and behave himself give hm the best place al the table, and, by ind by, acqui- -sce when he says Il is hIs turn to run he house In moment of good feel ng and fra,ernal love begin to give pack the marbles took from hun. He ioesn'i ask for them, but give them 10 nm want to Go this. It pleases him md makes me feel better. While am , io!ng this along comes my s1epfather, vho hld himself under the bed ali the ime We were fighting, and only sent the iued man io represent hm-he comes llor- roS and say> IT.
 Here, Jefferson, I'm going ;o give !. Iou back all the marbles that Abraham ook away from you. p
 Will give my brother anohter soli- | ary marble' Not by long chalk. I'll 9 lck my stcpfathcr first By thls ill- i imed, meddlesome interference in a : nst,er tha, didn't concern him, he has :. etarded what he sought to promote.
 And finally, brethren, when the hen IS eady to set she "sets" All the presi- ienis from Washington to Mexico can't top her. Ii you destroy her nes, and ock her out of the hennery. she will set nth perfect ialth and tlreless patience